75% of the time we spend with our kids in our lifetime will be spent by age 12

Re:75% of the time we spend with our kids in our lifetime wi... by chronofar on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @04:33AM (#33259254)

Again, this is a very fixable problem, and society will be the better for it by learning to adapt better rather than just throwing more kids at the problem. Kids do not owe their parents anything, including geriatric care.

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Re:75% of the time we spend with our kids in our lifetime wi... by Tade0 on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @05:50AM (#33259766)

If it's fixable, then the fix was not implemented in societies which are aging the most.

People don't owe their parents anything, but they naturally do at least give a shit about them - provided they had a good relationship.

Less kids, less adults who would volunteer to do it.

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Re:75% of the time we spend with our kids in our lifetime wi... by chronofar on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @08:02AM (#33260876)

Hasn’t it? There is considerably more infrastructure for the elderly today than a couple of generations ago. Communities where folks can maintain a bit of independence with caregivers and peers in the neighborhood seems like a nearly ideal way to age to me.

But of course not everyone lives like this and many have a horrible quality of life at the end so there is room to improve. One improvement is cultural I think: we shouldn’t be hanging on to every last strand of life possible, and should make it easy for those with little prognosis for quality of life to die gracefully in a way of their choosing.

In any case certainly more adaptation is needed, but I see signs of the development.

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